Tajima Province ( 但馬国 , Tajima-no kuni ) was a province of Japan in the area of northern Hyōgo Prefecture . Tajima bordered on Tango and Tanba to the east, Harima to the south, and Inaba to the west. Its abbreviated form name was Tanshū ( 但州 ) . In terms of the Gokishichidō system, Tajimao was one of the provinces of the San'indō circuit. Under the Engishiki classification system, Tajima was ranked as one of the "superior countries" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the "near countries" (近国) in terms of distance from the capital. The provincial capital was located in what is now the city of Toyooka . The ichinomiya of the province is the Izushi Shrine also located in Toyooka. The area of the province was 2099.01 square kilometers.
16-657: The early history of the Tajima region is uncertain. There appear to have been two power centers. The Tajima Kuni no miyatsuko ruled in eastern Tajima (present-day Asago District and Yabu District) and are mentioned in the Kujiki . They tenuously claimed descent from then legendary Emperor Kaika ,and eventually took the surname of "Tajima". The Chasuriyama Kofun and the Miidani Kofun Cluster are located in their territory. Western Tajima (present-day Mita District)
32-463: A small hatamoto holding of 6700 koku in Shitsumi district. Yamana Toyokuni was allowed to construct a jin'ya and although it was a poor territory, his descendants opened mines, new rice fields, fostered raising cattle and gradually raided their revenues until 1868, when the reached the 11,000 koku level and were allowed to become daimyō by the new Meiji government . However, the title
48-464: A system for determining land value for taxation purposes under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan , and expressing this value in terms of koku of rice. One koku (roughly equivalent to five bushels ) was generally viewed as the equivalent of enough rice to feed one person for a year. The actual revenue or income derived from a holding varied from region to region, and depended on
64-709: The Izumo clan of Izumo-taisha , the Aso clan of Aso Shrine , the Owari clan of Atsuta Shrine , the Munakata clan [ ja ] of Munakata Taisha , the Amabe clan of Kono Shrine and the Yamato clan of Ōyamato Shrine . This Japanese history–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kokudaka Kokudaka ( 石高 ) refers to
80-616: The Tajima Kokubun-ji (also in Toyooka) is known, and is a National Historic Site . The Engishiki records of 927 lists ten major and 106 minor Shinto shrines , with Kono Jinja and Awaga Jinja vying for the title of the ichinomiya of the province. During the early Muromachi period , the Yamana clan were shugo of Tajima province and constructed Konosumiyama Castle as their stronghold. They were later defeated by
96-548: The Yamato period who governed provinces called kuni . Kuni no miyatsuko governed provinces called kuni (国), although the location, names, and borders of the provinces remain unclear. Kuni no miyatsuko were appointed by and remained under the jurisdiction of the Yamato Court, but over time the position became hereditary. Kuni no miyatsuko carried kabane titles bestowed by the Yamato Court, commonly kimi (君) or atae (直). Prestigious kuni no miyatsuko held
112-592: The provincial capital was located in Keta District, possibly in the Izucho neighborhood of Toyooka city, but the precise location is uncertain. According to " Nihon Koki ", the capital was related to a place called "Kodago", also in Keta District in the year 804. This appears to correspond the Nyogamori site which has been excavated near the former Hidaka town hall, which is also part of Toyooka city. The site of
128-435: The amount of actual control the fief holder held over the territory in question, but averaged around 40 percent of the theoretical kokudaka . The amount of taxation was not based on the actual quantity of rice harvested, but was an estimate based on the total economic yield of the land in question, with the value of other crops and produce converted to their equivalent value in terms of rice. The ranking of precedence of
144-460: The early Meiji period Kyudaka kyuryo Torishirabe-chō ( 旧高旧領取調帳 ) , an official government assessment of the nation’s resources, the province had 620 villages with a total kokudaka of 144,312 koku . Tajima Province consisted of: [REDACTED] Media related to Tajima Province at Wikimedia Commons Kuni no miyatsuko Kuni no miyatsuko ( 国造 ) , also read as kokuzō or kunitsuko , were officials in ancient Japan during
160-469: The forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . During the Edo Period, Tango province was somewhat of a backwater, due to its geographical location. The Ikuno silver mine was tenryō territory directly administered by the shogunate. Two small domains were established in Tajima under the Tokugawa shogunate . Toyooka Domain was created for Sugihara Nagafusa, who had married a daughter of Azai Nagamasa . In 1658
176-627: The line went extinct, and in 1668 the shogunate transferred a cadet branch of the Kyōgoku clan from Tango-Tanabe Domain to Toyooka. Izushi Domain was established for Koide Yoshimasa, the son of one of Ieyasu's generals. In 1706, it was awarded to the Sengoku clan , who ruled until the Meiji restoration. The Yamana clan, formerly rulers of 11 provinces had been reduced in status the Battle of Sekigahara to
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#1732772406970192-578: The office of gunji , often sided with peasants against the ruling kokushi elite. The gunji position, however, was abolished with the establishment of the manorial shōen system in the early Heian period . A few kuni no miyatsuko clans retained influence after the Taika Reforms, such as the Izumo no Kuni no Miyatsuko ( 出雲国造 ) of Izumo Province in present-day eastern Shimane Prefecture . After their abolition several former Kuni no Miyatsuko became prominent priestly families these include
208-462: The office of gunji ( 郡司 ) . Gunji were appointed from powerful regional kuni no miyatsuko families, for life, and the position became hereditary. The kuni no miyatsuko were now in charge of spiritual and religious affairs, specifically the Shintō rites of each province. These religious officials became known as shin-kokuzō ( 新国造 ) , or "new" kuni no miyatsuko . The kuni no miyatsuko , now in
224-521: The title of omi (臣). The office of kuni no miyatsuko was abolished in the Taika Reforms in 645 and the former administrative kuni (provinces) were formally reorganized under the Ritsuryō system. The provinces became ruled by new officials called kuni no mikotomochi , or more commonly, kokushi . The kuni no miyatsuko continued to be appointed after the Taika Reforms, generally to
240-750: Was abolished only a few months later, and the Yamana served as imperial governors of "Muraoka Prefecture" until the abolition of the han system in 1871. The final ruler, Yamana Yoshimichi, was ennobled with the kazoku title of baron ( danshaku ). Following the Meiji restoration , each of the domains (Toyooka, Izushi and Muraoka) briefly became prefectures, which were annexed to Sasayama Prefecture in August 1871, transferred to Toyooka Prefecture in December 1871 and incorporated into Hyōgo Prefecture in August 1876. Per
256-619: Was under the control of the Futakata Kuni no miyatsuko , who claimed descent from the rulers of Izumo. At some point, the two areas came under the control the ancient Tanba Kingdom, which was later divided into Tajima, Tango and Tanba. However, since the name "Tajima" appears in the Nihon Shoki , in an entry dated 675 AD, this division occurred before the formalization of the Japanese provinces. The " Wamyō Ruijushō " states that
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